God's Deliverance: From Exodus to Christ's Redemption
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there is something special about the six psalms psalm 113 through psalm 108 what's special about those psalms is that the ancient jews collected those together and they called them the egyptian hallel the egyptian praises and those six psalms were part of their passover ceremony or ritual or liturgy whatever you want to call it [00:00:06]
israel's deliverance from egypt was the central act of redemption under the old covenant in the old covenant you'll see god make many references to this idea i am the god who brought you out of egypt i am the god who delivered you from egypt and god wanted them to constantly remember and celebrate their redemption from egypt [00:04:44]
for those of us who are christians who are believers we are under the new covenant in jesus and for us it is not the deliverance of israel from egypt that is the central act of redemption though we remember it and we praise god for it no the central act of redemption under the new covenant and indeed under god's entire plan of the ages is the work of jesus at the cross [00:05:29]
this world is to us who are believers a strange place we live among a people of strange language that is true for all whom god redeems we realize that even though we live in this world just as israel lived in egypt this is not our world we don't fully belong here [00:07:20]
he speaks of inanimate creation the sea the mountains the hills the jordan river uh he speaks of these inanimate aspects of creation as if they're living and active so first of all verse three the sea saw it and fled when god established judah as his sanctuary in israel as his dominion the red sea saw it and got it out of the way [00:10:21]
the sea and the mountains were powerless to stand against the mighty presence of god now it's even more foolish to think that mankind either individually or collectively together it's even more foolish to think that mankind can stand against god's mighty presence listen friend i mean this with all sincerity if the mountains are shaken at the presence of the lord [00:13:07]
tremble o earth at the presence of the lord at the presence of the god of jacob who turned the rock into a pool of water the flint into a fountain of waters now it's very interesting here in verse 7 he calls upon the earth to tremble at the presence of the lord of adonai [00:14:38]
god brought forth water for his people from the rock and the rock that was so hard it was like hardened flint and normally water just doesn't flow from a rock like that but under god's miracle through the hand of moses his desperately thirsty people in the wilderness were provided for with water from the rock [00:17:41]
psalm 114 closes with god's compassion on thirsty israel his great power and might are not merely for the dividing of the red sea and the shaking of mountains no god's power and might are also for the simple blessing and provision of his people one by one this great god who parts the seas and shakes the mountains he cares for you [00:19:06]
jesus has come closer to us than god even came to the inanimate world you see in verse 3 we saw some of the reaction of the created world to god's presence it says the sea saw it and turned back that's in verse 3. then in verse 4 it says the mountains skipped like rams [00:22:01]
all nature is under the power of jesus christ when we read in verses three and five about waters turning back when we read in psalm 114 about the mountains shaking uh verses 4 and verse 7 the earth trembling we remember that jesus is the one who stilled the storm and who withered a fig tree with just a word from his mouth [00:23:39]
when he sang this with his disciples in the upper room before the passover meal he knew that he through his work at the cross and the empty tomb he knew that he would grant the people of god a greater deliverance than israel had out of egypt and jesus knew that in that work he would do at the cross and at the empty tomb that all nature would be shaken [00:25:44]
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israel's deliverance from egypt was the central act of redemption under the old covenant in the old covenant you'll see god make many references to this idea i am the god who brought you out of egypt i am the god who delivered you from egypt and god wanted them to constantly remember and celebrate their redemption from egypt [00:04:44]
for those of us who are christians who are believers we are under the new covenant in jesus and for us it is not the deliverance of israel from egypt that is the central act of redemption though we remember it and we praise god for it no the central act of redemption under the new covenant and indeed under god's entire plan of the ages is the work of jesus at the cross [00:05:29]
this world is to us who are believers a strange place we live among a people of strange language that is true for all whom god redeems we realize that even though we live in this world just as israel lived in egypt this is not our world we don't fully belong here [00:07:20]
he speaks of inanimate creation the sea the mountains the hills the jordan river uh he speaks of these inanimate aspects of creation as if they're living and active so first of all verse three the sea saw it and fled when god established judah as his sanctuary in israel as his dominion the red sea saw it and got it out of the way [00:10:21]
the sea and the mountains were powerless to stand against the mighty presence of god now it's even more foolish to think that mankind either individually or collectively together it's even more foolish to think that mankind can stand against god's mighty presence listen friend i mean this with all sincerity if the mountains are shaken at the presence of the lord [00:13:07]
tremble o earth at the presence of the lord at the presence of the god of jacob who turned the rock into a pool of water the flint into a fountain of waters now it's very interesting here in verse 7 he calls upon the earth to tremble at the presence of the lord of adonai [00:14:38]
god brought forth water for his people from the rock and the rock that was so hard it was like hardened flint and normally water just doesn't flow from a rock like that but under god's miracle through the hand of moses his desperately thirsty people in the wilderness were provided for with water from the rock [00:17:41]
psalm 114 closes with god's compassion on thirsty israel his great power and might are not merely for the dividing of the red sea and the shaking of mountains no god's power and might are also for the simple blessing and provision of his people one by one this great god who parts the seas and shakes the mountains he cares for you [00:19:06]
jesus has come closer to us than god even came to the inanimate world you see in verse 3 we saw some of the reaction of the created world to god's presence it says the sea saw it and turned back that's in verse 3. then in verse 4 it says the mountains skipped like rams [00:22:01]
all nature is under the power of jesus christ when we read in verses three and five about waters turning back when we read in psalm 114 about the mountains shaking uh verses 4 and verse 7 the earth trembling we remember that jesus is the one who stilled the storm and who withered a fig tree with just a word from his mouth [00:23:39]
when he sang this with his disciples in the upper room before the passover meal he knew that he through his work at the cross and the empty tomb he knew that he would grant the people of god a greater deliverance than israel had out of egypt and jesus knew that in that work he would do at the cross and at the empty tomb that all nature would be shaken [00:25:44]
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